F-22 Raptor New Demo Bird?

Blaze · Post by **Blaze** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 1:43 pm

Are you serious?

She does look damn fine in those colors!

Joker · Post by **Joker** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 1:58 pm

Wow she looks beautiful in those colors. If more people see this, I can almost guarantee there is going to be someone that's going to want to build this with 3D max. That would be a nice mod for LockOn, and it replaces the F-15!

But wow! What a nice paint job!

Blaze · Post by **Blaze** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 2:08 pm

IMHO they should've painted the whole nose black, instead of leaving the tip but otherwise it looks beautiful!

Burner · Post by **Burner** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 3:16 pm

I like the paint scheme, but I didn't even realize the Dutch had Raptors much less enough to devote one to airshows.

Here's hoping for two F-22 demos at Aviation Nation in the future. The Dutch F-16 demo pilot always puts on a great demo every year.

Tailhook · Post by **Tailhook** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 3:59 pm

That's debatable. But it does look nice.

@Burner- Yea, back in March, The House and Congress lifted the export ban of the F-22 to foreign countries because they are stupid.

Cobra · Post by **Cobra** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 6:00 pm

No-one else has Raptors apart from the US. Many people in Australia would like to replace our F-18's with F-22's, but we seem to be locked into the F-35 program. Even though Congress voted to lift the export ban, there seem to be a lot of obstacles to anyone else getting them. Cost is one of them.

Blaze · Post by **Blaze** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 7:02 pm

At $160 million a jet, heck I'll take 20!

Post by **Panther** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 7:36 pm

Why on earth do nations want this POS?!?!

Cobra · Post by **Cobra** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:02 pm

F-22 excels at establishing air dominance

Post by **Panther** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:20 pm

It's a great fighter WHEN it can get in the air but when it's on the ground well it doesn't do much Air Superiority.

Tailhook · Post by **Tailhook** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:33 pm

Panther wrote:It's a great fighter WHEN it can get in the air but when it's on the ground well it doesn't do much Air Superiority.

Can't that be said for any fighter?

Post by **Panther** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 9:03 pm

More so for the Raptor hence the nickname "Craptor."

Tailhook · Post by **Tailhook** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:48 pm

Panther wrote:More so for the Raptor hence the nickname "Craptor."

Such hatred.

Direct you're hatred towards the F-35 and less the F-22......it's a piece of $*@%!

Post by **Panther** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 11:16 pm

I work on the F/A-22 so I will hate them until I stop working them!

Frazer · Post by **Frazer** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:10 am

The Black-Orange color may look a bit similar, but overall the F-16 painting is quite different.

RNLAF F16 Demo painting

USAF F22 Demo painting

Black-Orange are just sexy colors on a jet